BBD.A vs. MDA, HRX, MAL, FTG, AVP, VOL, FLY, MRS, LLL, and CAE
Should you be buying Bombardier stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Bombardier include MDA Space (MDA), Héroux-Devtek (HRX), Magellan Aerospace (MAL), Firan Technology Group (FTG), Avcorp Industries (AVP), Volatus Aerospace (VOL), FLYHT Aerospace Solutions (FLY), Mission Ready Solutions (MRS), lululemon athletica (LLL), and CAE (CAE). These companies are all part of the "aerospace & defense" industry.
Bombardier (TSE:BBD.A) and MDA Space (TSE:MDA) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, valuation, earnings, profitability, media sentiment, institutional ownership, risk, community ranking and dividends.
Bombardier received 40 more outperform votes than MDA Space when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.01% of users gave Bombardier an outperform vote while only 59.22% of users gave MDA Space an outperform vote.
2.0% of Bombardier shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 28.3% of MDA Space shares are held by institutional investors. 84.8% of Bombardier shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 12.6% of MDA Space shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
MDA Space has a net margin of 5.71% compared to Bombardier's net margin of 3.21%. MDA Space's return on equity of 4.41% beat Bombardier's return on equity.
Bombardier presently has a consensus price target of C$60.00, suggesting a potential downside of 34.83%. MDA Space has a consensus price target of C$14.88, suggesting a potential upside of 26.27%. Given MDA Space's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe MDA Space is more favorable than Bombardier.
Bombardier has higher revenue and earnings than MDA Space. Bombardier is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than MDA Space, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Bombardier has a beta of 2.99, meaning that its share price is 199% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, MDA Space has a beta of 0.14, meaning that its share price is 86% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, MDA Space had 10 more articles in the media than Bombardier. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for MDA Space and 5 mentions for Bombardier. MDA Space's average media sentiment score of 0.05 beat Bombardier's score of -0.04 indicating that MDA Space is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
MDA Space beats Bombardier on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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